Administration of a synbiotic to free-living elderly and evaluation of serum cytokines. A pilot study

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 854-858

  Amati, L ^a   Marzulli, G ^a   Martulli, M ^a   Pugliese, V ^b   Caruso, C ^c   Candore, G ^c   Vasto, S ^c   Jirillo, E ^a  

^a National Institute of Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^b Geriatric Center Mamma Rosa   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Elderly; Immunosenescence; Lactobacillus rhamnosus Gorbach and Goldin (LGG ); Oligofructose; Probiotics; Synbiotics

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; SYNBIOTIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTOKINES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 77950244184     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161210790883633     Document Type: Article

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